Madrigal Dinner

[sihayadesigns]

Taken last night at the madrigal dinner-- that's sunflwgal to my left and satikat at her left. Well, in the photo, at least. And yes, I am physically unable to smile in a photo, thanks for asking. I cannot hold a smile for a camera without it being fake and/or scary looking. My smiles are spontaneous.

It went well, without a whole lot of hitching-- except for the felt crest that fell on my head in the middle of the song and Lisa randomly adding lines to skits from other skits. The sound in the forum was better than expected, the food was pretty good, I got nice flowers from Mike's mom, and the audience was a warm one. Plus? I sold 1/4 of the tickets. Go me.

Comments

[dagger-garnet.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a lot of fun!! You look lovely!! =)

[shewaselectric.livejournal.com]

Glad it went well and yay for selling 1/4 of the tickets! You look very nice! <3

[thetenthshadow.livejournal.com]

Looking like that, of course you sold 1/4 tickets. What, were the rest of them blind? :P

[tsumik.livejournal.com]

Yeah got to love when people impromtu without telling you they're going to. =) But you look striking as always =)

[larkredblade.livejournal.com]

You all look lovely!

[http://users.livejournal.com/jae_/]

Ah, such bountiful Holiday beauty! :) Thanks for posting!

[autarchex.livejournal.com]

And yes, I am physically unable to smile in a photo, thanks for asking.

Looks like you are smiling to me. Unless you normally turn up the corners of your mouth when you are depressed and/or spiteful, that works as a smile.

[matrixleap.livejournal.com]

Very nice picture, and it sounds as though most everything was decent enough.

~D.

[(Anonymous)]

I cannot hold a smile for a camera without it being fake and/or scary looking.

I think that's true of most people.

The problem is that when you force a smile, it only touches the eyes for a brief instant, then rapidly fades. And it's rare for the camera to catch that flare of life in the eyes; instead, the photo usually shows a smile on the lips, but not in the eyes.

And a dead smile is never a pretty smile :(

It's why I don't bother smiling for photographs - any photo of me smiling is guaranteed to be candid, 'cos you won't find me posing a smile for a camera :)

-Hyp.